Lea Michele Joins The Glee Project As A Guest Mentor In Season 2 Premiere

Following the announcement that Oxygen has officially renewed The Glee Project for a second season, comes the news that the series has secured its first guest mentor for the second season, and not only is it a big name, but she’s likely to have a lot of wisdom to share on the subject of being in Glee.

The Glee Project is a competition offers talented young people the chance to win a part in Fox’s popular musical dramedy series Glee. Oxygen sent out the official word today that Glee star Lea Michele is set to join The Glee Project to be the guest mentor for the series second season premiere episode. Michele tweeted the news this weekend, stating, “So excited to announce that I'll be guest mentoring on the season 2 premiere of ‘The Glee Project!”

The series began filming in Los Angeles early this past week. According to Oxygen’s announcement, Michele is just the first mentor to be revealed for the show’s second season. Given that Lea Michele is one of the main stars in the series, playing the role of Rachel Berry, The Glee Project sounds like it’ll be off to a big start when the series returns for Season 2 this summer.